If there was a Pantheon to show off bad games, at least half of them are movie or tv show games. Developers always seem to find a way to ruin a license, whether its bad controls, average graphics, poor story, and boring gameplay. Well, the Mummy Returns for the Playstation 2 suffer from all of these.
The game is based off the Hollywood blockbuster, the Mummy Returns, which stars Brendan Frasier, Rachel Weisz, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The plot of the movie is that the mummy Imhotep which Rick (Frasier) is back and is trying to gain control of the army of the Scorpion king, which is so powerful he can rule the world. The game follows the same storyline as the movie (which is lame, by the way.)
You can either control the Encino Man an Airheads superstar Brendan Frasier or Arnold Vosloo’s mummy. (By the way, Vosloo recently starred in Agent Cody Banks and the Darkman sequels.) Thats right, there are two playable characters. There are also five levels. The game is supposed to branch between two different stories, however you play the same levels with each character. Did I mention there were only FIVE levels. Well, I guess they like to keep it short and sweet.
The graphics, for a 2001 PS2 game, look like ass. It looks like a last gen N64 game. The character models are poorly designed and they move around poorly. Also, the voice acting is laughable. The characters soubd disinterested and the overall dialogue sound doesnt mesh with the ambience it is trying to create.
The gameplay itself seems broken. The fighting system is rather dull and the enemy AI is suspect. There is only one cool thing about this game, and that is when Imhotep sucks the brainforce out of people. Speaking of him, he does a hand slap instead of a punch, making him slap people around sumo style. just watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcYuXUYe3os&feature=related
Rick contols alot like Imhotep, except he can use guns instead of brainsucking. His guns are rather weak because he has to fire 6 or 7 bullets to kill a single enemy. He also relies on swords. All of this doesnt matter because all you are doing is killing enemies, doing retrieving in order to open the next door, or solving stupid ass puzzles that only a four year old wouldnt be able to figure out. This game is basically a lame tomb raider ripoff
All in all the game reassures the poor quality of movie based games.
Other than StarWars games, the last good movie to game I can think of was Chronicles of Riddick. That one was backwards, the movie sucked, but the game was excellent. Top notch graphics, a decent story, and fun gameplay. Its sad that anytime a movie or television show licensed game comes out we automatically assume the worst, and for good reason.
most star wars games arent that great either. Lego star wars was alright in my opinion. I liked star wars republic commando, and loved the super star wars series on the snes. also, indiana jones on the xbox was good